Attachment for smoking pipes



Nov. 16, 1937. HQF. HAINES 2,099,203

\ ATTACHMENT FOR SMOKING PIPES File'd Feb. 9,, was

Patented Nov. 16, 1937 9 N T D TAT-1 or ies 2,099,203 p L YATTACHMENTFOR SMOKING Press I Harold F. 'Haines, Olympia, ,waaj; p H

ApplicationFebruary 9, 1935, erial -Nof 5;751

6 class. (c1.11*31+12;)3,,

This invention relates to devices removably attached to smoking pipesand has for itsobjects, first, to provide an improved means of removablysecuring the device to the smoking pipe; second, to provide such asecuring means as will not have any pin or projection on the saiddevice; third, to form the edges of said device to conform to the shapeof the inner surface of the pipe bowl, said edges being sharpened,whereby the said bowl may be scraped for cleaning; fourth, to form theend of said device of such shape as to make it convenient for picking orloosening the tobacco in the pipe bowl; fifth, to form the integralopposite end of such shape as to adapt it to tamp the tobacco in thepipe when preparing the pipe for smoking; sixth, to form the saidtamping head in such manner as to act as a spring in conjunctionwith'the securing means, whereby the device is held from accidentalremoval; seventh, to provide a roughened surface adapted for use forstriking a match; and eighth, to provide such a device as will improvethe appearance of the pipe, is cheap to make, and is effective in use.

I attain these and other objects by the devices and arrangementsillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is aperspective view of a smoking pipe with my attachment mounted thereon;Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section of the bowl of thesmoking pipe showing my improved attachment being used to scrape thesides of the bowl; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the smoking pipeand stem, showing my improved attachment mounted thereon; Fig. 5 is asection, similar to Fig. 3, showing the attachment being used to tampthe tobacco in the bowl; Figs. 6 to 9, inclusive, are plan views ofvarious forms of my improved attachment, showing variations in themethod of securing it to the smoking pipe stem; Fig. 10 is across-section of the pipe stem and the attachment shown in Fig. 8; andFig. 11 is a longitudinal section of the pipe stem and the attachmentshown in Fig. 9.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that the smoking pipe isprovided with the usual bowl I and stem 2.

The stem 2 is provided with a slightly projecting pin 3 under whose head4 the improved attachment is snapped to hold the said attachment inplace on the stem.

The attachment comprises a substantially fiat but slightly arched andconcavo-convex shank 5, whose shape in plan outline is substantially asshown in the several figures of the drawing. This shape is such thatboth the edges 6 conform substantially with the shape of the innersurface of the bowl I, as shown in Fig. 3. These edges 5 may be slightlysharpened to facilitate the scraping action in cleaning the pipe bowl.The end of the said attachment shank 5, where the two sides 6 meet,forms a blunt point I adapted to be used for picking the tobacco in thepipe to loosen it. The upper part of the shank 5 is provided with aroughened surface 8 adapted to be used for striking matches. A hole 9 ismade in the shank 5 to permit the head 4 of the pin 3 to passtherethrough. The longitudinal shape of the shank 5 is slightly archedas shown in Fig. 5. The head III of the device is bent at about aright-angle at the neck II, and is also concavo-convex in section togrip the bowl I and to yieldingly press thereagainst to hold the deviceunder the head 4 of the pin 3.

The above described means for holding the shank 5 on the stem 2 of thepipe, comprising the pin 3, head 4, hole 9 and the springy reaction ofthe head I0, is the preferred form but I have 11- lustrated in Figs. 6to 11 variations therefrom. In Fig. 6 the hole I2 is double, the head 4of the pin being passed through the larger part and then the shank 5shifted to bring the pin 3 into the smaller part, the head 4 engagingthe shank over the edges of the hole. In Fig. '7 two pins I3 areprovided with heads and are spaced apart to receive the shank 5 betweenthem. The shank 5 may have shoulders I4 to prevent it from being slidtoo far under the heads of the pins I3. The shank 5 being longitudinallyarcuate, presses upward on the heads of the pins I3 thus holding theshank from slipping. In Figs. 8 and 10, the pin of the other forms isnow a staple I5 and the hole is a U-shaped slot I6, the tongue II ofsaid slot is passed under the loop of the staple I5. The springiness ofthe shank 5 provides sufiicient friction to hold it in place under thestaple. In Figs. 9 and 11, the staple I8 is turned to a longitudinalposition and the hole becomes a longi gage the outside of the pipe bowlto cooperate" at one end in a picking point and at the other end in atamping head, integral with said shank and bent therefrom atsubstantially right-angles; said shank being arcuate in longitudinalform and being adapted to be sprung under the head of the pin.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said shank is provided withan opening through which the pin on the'pipe stem passes, whereby thedevice is removably secured to the pipe stem.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1,7wherein said tamping head isspringy and is adapted to enwith the pin to hold the shank under thehead of the pin. 1

4. A device adapted to be removably secured to a smoking pipe having adouble-pointed pin extending across and above the upper-surface of thepipe stem, said device having a tamping head and a longitudinallyarcuate resilient shank,

- adapted to pass between said pins and to be engaged by the under sideof the heads of said pins by the resilience of saidrsha'nk.

6. A device as set forth in claim 5, in which said shank is providedwith shoulders extending laterally therefrom and adapted to engage saidpinsto 'preventthe shank from sliding too far therebetween.

Y i I HAROLD F. HAINES.

